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The royal family of Pandalam, once a regional dynasty, remains central to the rituals associated with the Sabarimala pilgrimage and the worship of Lord Ayyappa, the presiding deity. Pandalam in Kerala ...
India, April 5 -- It has been nearly two decades since the Indian Young Lawyers Association filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court questioning the limitations imposed on the ...
The Sabarimala shrine is dedicated to Lord Ayyappa, revered here as a Naishtika Brahmachari, an eternal celibate. Tradition holds that women between the ages of 10 and 50, broadly the menstruating age ...